When is a win not a win? When you are dealing with the Oust Straus crowd in Texas politics. From Scott Braddock in the Quorum Report: House Republicans create process for selecting speaker nominee, starting with a two-thirds support … [Read more]
Rep. Ron Reynolds picks up some love
State Rep. Ron Reynolds, convicted in 2015 on charges of barratry, has lost his appeal of that conviction. A Texas appeals court has upheld the conviction of state Rep. Ron Reynolds, who was found guilty in 2015 of engaging in a scheme to illegally … [Read more]
Will Tax Cuts Spur Economic Growth?
Via Bill King’s email update. To subscribe, click here. The assertion that tax cuts will spur economic growth is now Republican orthodoxy, incessantly repeated by the party's leaders and surrogates. Most often, these proponents cite the Reagan … [Read more]
Now We Know What’s Really Important To The NFL
If you’re a sports fan, you know that a brawl of sorts broke out between players of the Oakland Raiders and Denver Broncos when the Raiders' Michael Crabtree and Aqib Talib of the Broncos got into a fight. Well, Roger Goodell acted swiftly and … [Read more]
Recidivism Not Due To Gap In Services
Scott Henson, Policy Director at Just Liberty, blogs as GRITS FOR BREAKFAST. In a recent blog Henson wrote: “The Texas House Corrections Committee received several ‘Interim Charges’ recently, including one directing them to study: current Texas … [Read more]
Insurance Companies Attempt to Dump Dialysis Patients is Despicable
by Mano DeAyala Approximately 60,000 Texans are dependent on life-sustaining dialysis, an expensive procedure patients living with advanced forms of kidney disease must undergo several times a week, often at clinics many miles away. This critical … [Read more]
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